BOYCOTT PWEEKLY'S ADVERTISERS THAT SUPPORT SMEAR MACHINE

Below is a list of advertisers from The Pasadena Weekly "Senior Issue."  It is suggested that you copy this list and email it to whoever you wish and ask them to boycott patronizing businesses and nonprofit organizations that support Pasadena's Political Smear Machine with advertising revenues.

The businesses and nonprofit organizations on this list support "incivility" in political conversation that can lead to political violence such as the recent horrific murders in Arizona.  

There is no external authority to appeal political smearing tactics to.  We live in a state of political anarchy when it comes to so-called "civil" politics.  Any candidate outside Pasadena's oligarchy can smear an outsider candidate and get away with it.  This is not to say the the recent candidate for the PUSD Board of Education didn't also undermine his own candidacy with his record.  But the political smearing was unnecessary and not an isolated case.  

Stop smearing of political candidates in newspapers.  Stop ridiculing political outsiders in Doo Dah Parades. Stop hate filled politicians from using city funds to sponsor art, music, and drama presentations before city meetings that are intentionally meant to negatively caricature or smear political opposition.  Stop businesses that promote a culture of political incivility by sponsoring "chalk art festivals" that are used to send political hate messages (Paseo Mall).  

PWeekly online advertisers 

1.  City of Pasadena - "Stop B4 the line" pedestrian v. auto campaign

2.  W Hotels

3.  Bonqo.com classifieds
4. Pasadena Educational Foundation (PEF) 

 

Businesses For Seniors
1.  Regency Park Senior Living
2.  Redstone Senior LIving Community
3.  Presidio Home Care
4.  The Oaks of Pasadena Assisted Living
5.  The Terraces at Park Marino Senior LIving
6.  Villa Gardens
7.  Jimmy C. Ting Long Term Care Insurance
8.  Smooth Transitions - Household Downsizing
9.  Hear Center
10. Ace Senior Care Manor
11. Sincere Care Service, Inc.
12. West Arcadia Pharmacy & Health
13. Bill Fisher Senior Advocate
14. Seniors Helping Seniors
15. San Marino Home Health
16. Love Hearing Services - Lyric Hearing Devices
17. Three Sycamores Assisted Living
18. Hollenbeck Palms Assisted Living
19. Sunrise at San Marino Assisted Living
20. Belmont Village Assisted Living
21. Forever Active
22. Braille Institute
23. Arcadia Medical Supply

Restaurants, Businesses and other:
1.  Pita Jungle
2.  Milestone Theatre Company
3.  Linden Optometry
4.  King's Row Pub
5.  Oh You Beauty Med Day Spa - Dr. Kojian
6.  L.A. County - Energy Upgrade California
7.  California Green Designs
8.  CalRecycle (State of California grant)
9.  Bonnie B's Smokin' BBQ Heaven
10. Big Mama's Rib Shack
11. Margarita's Mexican Restaurant
12. New Delhi Palace
13. Third Generation 
14. Pasadena Ballrom Dance Association
15. Pasadena Health Center - Arcadia Health Group
16. Gina J. Zhuang, Attorney
17. Root Beer Joe's Sandwich Shop
18. Avanti Cafe
19. Magic Cleaners & Laundry, Inc.
20. Burrito Express
21. Saladang
22. Perdue's Barbeque & Catering
23. Altadena Guild Annual Home Tour
24. Marilyn A. Mehlmauer, M.D. - Sogol Saghari, M.D.
25. John J. Guagenti, M.D.
26. V. Henry Bilemjian, D.M.D.
27. No Joke Fitness
28. Tinzee Nail Salon
29. Webster's Community Pharmacy
30. Body Kneads Massage Therapy
31. In Style Dental - Dr. Brian M. Kar
32. Doctors of USC Family Medicine
33. Foothill Transit - Ecoliner
34. World Caravan Outlet
35. Bar Celona
36. Villa Sorriso
37. Tibet Nepal House
38. AIDS Service Center
39. Advanced Laser - Robert B. Seltzer, M.D.
40. American Red Cross
41. Himalayan Cafe
42. Kabuki Japanese Restaurant
43. 'Round the Clock Cleaners
44. Maid Brigade
45. Bua Na Thai Cuisine
46. The Fairbanks Group
47. Pacifica Graduate Institute
48. The Ice House
49. Dr. A's Thera-spray (treatmyherpes.com)
50. A' Float Sushi
51. Pantages Theatre
52. T. Boyle's Tavern
53. Luckman Fine Arts Complex

Church Advertisers for Easter
1.  La Canada Congregational Church
2.  All Saints Church
3.  Pasadena Presbyterian Church

Larger Classified Ads
Pamela Royce, Attorney
Pasadena School of Tai Chi Chuan
Greg Carlsson, LMFT
Pataya Thai Massage

And...... TWO (2) FULL PAGES of hooker massage ads!
Won't list them all separately

Comments

[Damon]

I like this idea of a boycott of Pasadena Weekly advertisers and I will support it. This so-called "alternative newspaper" irreparably destroyed whatever credibility it had --- although it certainly didn't have much to begin with --- in their recent smear campaign against PUSD Board candidate Sean Baggett. I'm sure I am not the only person who found it disgusting, irresponsible, and unacceptable.

[Big Steve]

There has to be a change in the political culture of Pasadena unless we want to end up with a form of government that controls everything including the press and the churches.

Using the Roman theme of your blog, the Romans poisoned political opponents. In Pasadena a poisonous press is used instead.

You might suggest having people walk in to some of these businesses and giving them the list and telling the manager or owner that they no longer are giving them their business because they buy ads in the Pasadena Weekly.

Thanks for posting this. I will pass it along.

[Luisa]

Oh, my god, Big Steve you raised the issue of the churches and incivility in Pasadena?

The churches in Pasadena and its Seminary hold prayer vigils and conferences about hate crimes and political violence alleging the Right are always the perpetrators. While in the very same city they either sit passively and watch while uncivil speech takes over the political culture or they resort to their own brand of scapegoating. Yuck........

[מכשירי שמיעה]

I like the selection outside oligarchy can apply an outsider selection and get away with it. This is not to say the the latest selection for the panel of training did not also challenge his own candidacy with his history.

[מכון שמיעה]

This post says that the latest selection for the PUSD panel of Knowledge didn't also challenge candidacy with history. But the governmental covering was needless and not an separated situation.